Program Manager at Rainforest Alliance

2 months ago


Nairobi, Kenya Rainforest Alliance Full time

The Rainforest Alliance is a growing network of people who are inspired and committed to working together to achieve our mission of conserving biodiversity and ensuring sustainable livelihoods. Through creative, pragmatic collaboration, we aim to rebalance the planet by building strong forests and healthy communities around the world.

Position Summary:
Are you ready to take your career to the next level? Look no further Rainforest Alliance is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Program Manager to join our exceptional team. As a Program Manager, you will play a crucial role in leading all aspects of and managing our IT projects, ensuring their successful implementation and delivery.

As a world-class organization committed to sustainability and environmental conservation, Rainforest Alliance offers a unique opportunity for individuals who are passionate about making a difference.
Responsibilities:

Successfully manage and lead all aspects of a portfolio of IT data projects and programs, ensuring flawless execution and timely delivery
Accountable for relevant initiative level planning and alignment, data-based forecasting, reporting, identifying and resolving program level risks and blockers
Support IT and data program roadmap development, tracking delivery across initiatives, dependencies across the extended organization and maintaining consistency of approach and a clear governance framework
Coordinating testing and program quality assurance of the developed product and release to customers, e.g. readiness decisions and post release retro / lessons learnt discussions
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to determine project scope, objectives, and deliverables
Acting as a trusted advisor to the Product, Technology & Domain Leads collaborating with them to deliver business and customer value

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or a related field, or equivalent experience
Proven track record of at least 8 years in in leading IT programs and program management
At least 3 years of management experience in an international IT environment.
Demonstrated experience in IT strategic program development and implementation.
Strong experience with both commercial make and buy software development (SLDC), and offshore supplier management; using Agile methodologies such as SAFe
Knowledge of emerging technology trends such as LLM / AI, and their practical implementation are a major plus
A solid background in data orientated program delivery, data lake warehouse formation a major plus
Strong project and program management skills with an emphasis on delivering a portfolio of diverse date, software and technology vendors programs, professional certifications such as PMP expected
Solid analytical and problem-solving skills.
Experienced people manager with a proven ability to coach, supervise and motivatestaff, ideally through continuous transformation
Familiarity with environmental and sustainability issues is a plus.



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